TROY -- Local firefighters responded to a structure fire Saturday that destroyed a two-story home at 1032 Villa Park Dr.

Responders found the fire in the upstairs bathroom ceiling area and quickly extinguished the fire there, but it had already spread to the attic of the home.

The Troy Fire Department firefighters were at the scene for nearly two hours before the situation was completely handled.

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Officials say that due to water and fire damage, the townhouse-style home is not habitable.

Authorities haven't confirmed the cause of the fire, but they believe it could have started with the bathroom exhaust fan in the home.

There were no injuries reported in the fire and the residents of the home are reported to be staying with relatives.

Unconscious man arrested for drunk driving

Police arrested a 38-year-old Sterling Heights man after finding him sitting in his car, passed out in a turnaround lane on Big Beaver Road near Talbot Road.

A Troy police officer came upon the man at 1:21 a.m. Sunday and found his car running with the lights on.

The driver was asleep in the driver's seat with the seat reclined. The officer woke the man up, asking how much he'd had to drink. "Too much," the man replied, police said in a report. He told the officer he was coming back from the World Series Tigers game, a Game 3 loss to the San Francisco Giants. He failed sobriety tests and was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving, police said.

Detroit man arrested on felony warrant

Police arrested a 21-year-old Detroit man on a felony warrant after stopping a suspect vehicle on Oct. 27.

A man who was inside the car walked into a BP gas station at 2989 Crooks Road and knocked several items off shelves then fled in the car, police said.

Officers received the call from an attendant at the gas station and stopped the car, which had four men in it.

The gas station attendant decided not to press charges, according to authorities.

Trees TP'd at residence

A Troy man reported that three trees in front of his house were toilet-papered between midnight and 2 a.m. Oct. 28. The man lives at a home on the 5000 block of Folkstone Drive.

Belligerent man arrested for disorderly conduct

A Farmington Hills man was arrested for disorderly conduct after police gave him several warnings early on Oct. 28. The 24-year-old man was in the street causing a disturbance and acting belligerent outside, while officers were sent to the area of Muer and Crooks roads to check an illegal parking situation, according to officers.

Shoplifter caught stealing socket set

A 58-year-old man with a long criminal history who is on parole was caught and arrested for shoplifting four socket sets from a Sears store on 300 W. 14 Mile Road on Oct. 28. The Mount Clemens man concealed the merchandise -- which totaled about $180 -- under his jacket and down his pants, said police.

-- Compiled by staff writer John Turk and Online Editor Stephen Frye

PONTIAC

Strong winds knock down church wall

The east wall of the True Church House of Prayer to All Nations was blown over by strong wind gusts, according to citizen's reports. The debris of the wall was scattered at 45801 Woodward Ave. and blocked traffic Oct. 29, deputies said. Two city light poles were knocked down as well, and the Pontiac Department of Public Works was called in to clean up the property. Woodward was closed for two hours during the cleanup, authorities said. No injuries were reported in this incident and no vehicles were hit by debris.

Shooting suspect still being sought

Deputies are still searching for a suspect who fired gunshots at an occupied home Oct. 30. A 29-year-old Pontiac man said he suspected his ex-girlfriend of firing rounds into his house. He said that his ex-girlfriend, 29, sent him a text the day before saying that his house would be "shot up." Deputies at the scene found two bullet holes in the front window of the house, with the bullets lodged in the man's living room walls. The investigation was sent to Pontiac detectives and is ongoing.

ROSE TWP.

Official: Structure fire was accidental

A structure fire at a home in the 10000 block of W. Baremar Drive brought the North Oakland Fire Department to the scene. There were no injuries in the fire. One official at the scene Oct. 29 said the fire was accidental, according to a release from the Oakland County Sheriff's Office. The investigation continues.

ORION TWP.

Home invasion suspect arrested, jailed

Oakland County deputies took a suspected burglar into custody Oct. 29 after responding to a call to assist undercover Troy police in apprehending him. The suspect -- a 47-year-old from Mancelona -- was stopped by deputies in his car as he was leaving a house in the 1200 block of Kern Road near Clarkston Road. After further investigation, deputies found property from the Oakland Township home and at least one other break-in case in the man's car. The other incident had occurred the same morning in Springfield Township. The man had a history of home invasion, police say. He is at the Oakland County Jail awaiting arraignment.